Once
upon a time, a wee li’l monkey-child was born in the panhandle of
Texas. And then
proceeded to move to Houston; then Albuquerque, New
Mexico; then Oklahoma City;
then Carmel, Indiana; then Austin, Texas.
And then the li’l monkey was old enough
to start school. Without a
landscape to call a monkey’s own, the wee li’l monkey
adopted two
places especially: Austin and The Dinetah.The mesas will do that to
you.

I have always had a love for "old things." If I found an ad, a magazine, a newspaper clipping, radio ... whatever ... that was "old," I was in heaven. I poured over photo albums, fascinated by the changes in clothes or hair or even body types. I noticed the "old-timey" fonts well before I could name them. The way that little curlicues or plain lines were added to newspapers or ads.

So when our church decided to build a family bathroom that was accessible and we pulled out the "cornerstone" which held the church's time capsule, I knew I wanted to take pictures and scans of as much stuff as possible. Unfortunately, I completely forgot about it last weekend - the holiday and some various "real life" issues kind of distracted me. Then I got sick this week and didn't go over Saturday ... so today after service, I had my computer, scanner and camera with me and proceeded into a back room with all the stuff that had been inside the time capsule.

The time capsule is a copper box which was welded shut and placed in the A.D. 1964 cement block near the front door. Inside were newspapers from 1914 and 1963 ... photos ... bulletins ... magazines ... meeting notes ... all sorts of stuff.

One of my favourites, though, was a little envelope with a small card inside ... marked Ladies Aid 1924 ... and 3 pennies: 1902, 1916 and 1963. Of course I scanned the pennies!

One of my other favourite things, though, I admit it. I love old marketing things. Whether it's an ad or packaging, I'm just fascinated. This was one of my favourites from a directory:

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Welcome to The Red Monkey Blog, where my various Los Interwebz monkikers (ender, enderFP and Red Monkey) all babble about this, that and, of course, the other.
I just moved back to Albuquerque after many long years in exile (in Indiana of all places). I am not one of the Dineh, but have been fascinated with the Navajo, New Mexico, the mesas and the desert Southwest since I was a wee li’l monkey. The main mesa pictured here and in the header is Dzlith-Na-O-Dith-Hle just south of Farmington. It’s also called Huerfano, but I prefer the Navajo even though I can’t pronounce it.
Some say I’m obsessed with old Fisher Price Little People. I think it’s a nice hobby and less damaging than say, crack. Or alcohol. Or any number of other vices. Like, you know, blogging.
Yes, yes I am a geek. Thank you for noticing.